The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

The habit that makes AI worth using

A tweet about China’s solar power stopped me cold. Ten seconds later, I knew it was wrong.

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Ernie the Attorney
Sep 11, 2026
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This morning I saw a tweet claiming China now produces more solar power than every power plant in the United States combined.
That’s a big claim. If true, it says something important about where energy production is headed.
So I copied the tweet, pasted it into ChatGPT, and typed: “Validate this.”

What ChatGPT told me

The claim was false. It mixed up instal…

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